{"id":306803,"date":"2023-03-08T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T20:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=306803"},"modified":"2023-03-10T07:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T07:07:02","slug":"sustainable-sources-mined-over-90-of-btc-during-january-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sustainable-sources-mined-over-90-of-btc-during-january-february\/","title":{"rendered":"New hash rate coming to the network is over 90% sustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new hash rate entering the Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) network was 91.3% during the first two months of the year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSBatten\/status\/1633316934866571264?s=20\">data<\/a> shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/climate-tech-vc\/\">Climate Tech<\/a> Venture Capitalist <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/daniel-batten\/\">Daniel Batten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Batten <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSBatten\/status\/1633322546404921344\">noted <\/a>that <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/marathon-digital\/\">Marathon Digital<\/a> migrated around 300 Megawatts from thermal power to wind power in January, which made a significant contribution to the above metric. In addition, Batten said that the network emissions had also been declining, despite increasing hash rate, which leads to higher power consumption.<\/p>\n<h2>Declining network emissions<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to Marathon Digital's migration, China's and Khazakhstan's actions significantly contributed to the decline recorded in network emissions, according to Batten.<\/p>\n<h3>China<\/h3>\n<p>China <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-miners-are-shutting-down-chinese-operations\/\">banned<\/a> crypto mining in May 2021. At the time, the country accounted for over 75% of the global BTC hash rate. Batten <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSBatten\/status\/1633322550574092288\">noted<\/a> that mining in China was only 41.6% sustainable at most. Therefore, the country's decision to ban crypto mining considerably affected network emissions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306857\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-306857\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-total-emissions.jpg\" alt=\"BTC mining total emissions (Source: DSBatten)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-total-emissions.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-total-emissions-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-total-emissions-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-total-emissions-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTC mining total emissions (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSBatten\/status\/1633033849365225472\">DSBatten<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The chart above demonstrates the net emissions of the BTC network with the dark blue line. A clear drop in emissions is visible after China's banning decision in May 2021. Even though the total network emissions recorded a slight growth since then, the overall trend has been downwards, and the total emission amount has never reached its levels before China's ban.<\/p>\n<h3>Kazakhstan<\/h3>\n<p>Kazakhstan emerged as the mining heaven due to its cool climate and rich coal resources and grew to account for 18% of the global hash rate in late 2021. The coal-reliant mining in the region had a considerable contribution to the overall gas emissions of the BTC network.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kazakhstan turned its back on its miners after an <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/kazakhstan-struggles-to-accommodate-new-bitcoin-miners-amid-energy-crisis\/\">energy crisis<\/a> hit the country at the end of 2021. To halt high-energy-consuming mining operations, the country <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/kazakhstan-is-cutting-off-power-supplies-to-crypto-miners\/\">cut off<\/a> miners' power supplies, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/kazakhstan-imposes-strict-energy-consumption-reporting-requirements-on-crypto-miners\/\">tightened<\/a> regulations on their energy consumption, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/kazakhstan-imposes-high-taxation-on-crypto-miners\/\">introduced<\/a> a differentiated tax rate based on the energy consumed by miners.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Kazakhstan's fuel-based mining operations decreased by 11.6%, which <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-mining-emissions-down-10-as-kazakhstans-hash-rate-share-decreases\/\">increased<\/a> the sustainable energy usage of the overall network by 2.9%.<\/p>\n<h3>The U.S.<\/h3>\n<p>Batten also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSBatten\/status\/1633322550574092288\">noted<\/a> that zero-emission energy resources power 52.8% of the mining operations in the U.S. This is meaningful, considering that while the mining operations in China and Kazakhstan have been decreasing, the USA's has recorded an increase.<\/p>\n<p>Data from October 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/elizabeth-warren-led-us-lawmakers-demand-probe-of-ercots-support-for-bitcoin-miners-in-texas\/\">showed<\/a> that two mining pools located in the U.S., Foundry, and Antpool, account for over 51% of the global hash rate.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;\">The global grid is greening<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The overall sustainability rate of the BTC network has been recording a steady increase since January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306849\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-306849 \" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-sustainability.jpg\" alt=\"BTC mining sustainability\" width=\"631\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-sustainability.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-sustainability-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-sustainability-1024x785.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BTC-mining-sustainability-768x589.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTC mining sustainability (Source: @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DSBatten\/status\/1633033845896527873?s=20\">DSBatten<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The chart above represents the percentage of sustainable energy used in BTC mining with the purple line since January 2020. Currently, sustainable energy usage in BTC mining sits at 52.6%. This percentage <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/new-evidence-52-2-of-bitcoin-network-uses-clean-energy\/\">was<\/a> 52.2% in December 2022 and 28.48% in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new hash rate entering the Bitcoin (BTC) network was 91.3% during the first two months of the year, according to data shared by Climate Tech Venture Capitalist Daniel Batten. 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